A BRAVE schoolgirl is determined to get back on her horse, after it threw her off, leaving her needing tests for brain and spine injuries.

Jasmine Vink had to be airlifted to hospital after she was thrown from her Welsh cob, named Jazz, while riding through sand dunes at Talacre.

The 13-year-old spent the night at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd in Bodelwyddan having neurological tests and x-rays to check if she’d suffered any brain or spinal injuries. Her family waited anxiously at her bedside.

Last week Jasmine, a pupil at Prestatyn High School, was back home recovering having been given the all clear, except for a few bruises.

Her police officer mum Christina described the moment she saw her daughter lying in agony, and spoke of her relief that she’d not suffered any serious or long-term injury.

The accident happened between sand dunes known as The Warren near Talacre lighthouse.

Jasmine was galloping through a clearing with two other friends when seven-year-old Jazz threw her off. She landed face down on uneven grass and “bounced” along.

Paramedics were called and the young rider was airlifted on a spinal board and wearing a neck brace to hospital.

Christina said: “The horse was meant to go straight on but turned right and Jasmine fell off. There’s a lip (in the ground) and she may have tripped.

“Jasmine landed on her front and seemed to bounce onto her right hand side. I panicked and ran over to her.

“She was screaming in agony with neck and back pain. She had bloodshot eyes and sand in her mouth.

She added: “She is just very bruised. There are no broken bones. It’s a relief. They (the emergency services) did a fantastic job. I am going to write thanking them.”

The RAF Valley helicopter was scrambled and coastguard David Lee said his team placed an orange smoke cannister nearby to tell its pilot the wind speed and direction. It arrived in 15 minutes and landed 100 yards away.

Christina, a mum of four, doesn’t want her daughter to go riding again – but doubts she can stop her.

She said: “She was very lucky. I don’t want her to have a horse. But it’s difficult. She’s very passionate about it. All she kept saying, believe it or not, was ‘Please don’t stop me riding’.”